Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 433: Falling Dream
Tolina continued to fall into the darkness, her figure gradually becoming blurred in Bai Shi's eyes.

In the dream, Baizhi opened his mouth and tried to call Tolina's name.

However, no words were uttered, instead a series of bubbles came out of his mouth.

Bai Shi was stunned at first, then he realized something after feeling the cold touch all over his body.

Dreams are extremely hazy bubbles, and being in dreams can even affect people's observation ability, making them only able to see a vague corner.

Looking around, Bai Shi finally saw the light above that allowed him to see.

The faint light shining in from overhead was sparkling.

——This is the bottom of the water.

However, when he opened his mouth and tried to call out just now, no liquid entered his mouth, and there was nothing unusual in his ears and eyes.

Bai Shi was even still breathing, as if he had no awareness of being trapped at the bottom of the sea.

However, if this was a dream, then there was no need to delve into this anomaly.

Bai Shi once again looked down at Tolina who was falling continuously. At this moment, her figure had sunk a lot and it was difficult to see her.

This should be Torina's dream, and it may represent her spiritual world.

When Torina really sinks into the darkness of the seabed and becomes completely unobservable, I wonder what will happen to this dream world.

But now is certainly not the time to sit back and watch the situation deteriorate.

Perhaps the moment Torina truly fell into darkness, she could no longer be awakened.

The white consciousness controlled the body and swam towards Tolina, going deeper and deeper into the darkness.

The smoothness of the process was completely beyond Bai Shi's expectations.

It was as if as long as he thought about it, the world would change according to his wishes. Bai Shi approached Tolina without any hindrance.

Perhaps it was not just Torina's dream. When his consciousness sank into it, it became a dream nest built by the two of them together.

Then, at the limit of the light's reach, Bai Shi's fingers finally touched Torina's body...

Bai Shi's eyes gradually widened, filled with disbelief.

His hand went straight through Torina's body, and he couldn't actually touch her.

Under Bai Shi's gaze, Tolina's figure disappeared into the dark seabed.

Bai Shi didn't hesitate and immediately followed Tolina into the deepest part of the dream.

In the dark seabed where even light could not reach, the world before Bai Shi's eyes changed again.

When you truly fall into the depths of a dark dream, even the physical laws of reality cannot constrain you.

The imagined situation of being completely unable to see did not occur. Everything was still clearly visible, but there were slight changes:
Torina's body faded completely, leaving only black and white lines, like an unfinished comic on a drawing board somewhere.

The beautiful face and figure turned into simple line drawings, merely depicting the appearance of a helpless soul.

It does not involve anything from the outside world, only the existence of 'Torina' itself is here.

From Tolina's slightly opened soft lips and teeth, bubbles were squeezed out of her body.

The bubbles lingered around Torina for a long time, swaying around her like dialog boxes.

Various emotions continue to emerge, turning into empathy that can be clearly understood by the naked eye.

Helplessness, pain, melancholy, love...

Leaning against Torina and looking at her sad face, Bai Shi gradually understood something.

Is this dream the moment when Torina was abandoned?

The delicate sleeping flower, the half of love, is thus trapped in this nightmare.

Repeating the moment of being abandoned, I continue to fall into the emptiness in my heart until I am completely trapped in darkness.

Bai Shi looked at Tolina who was still falling, and gradually understood everything in his heart.

This was a dream where the laws of reality did not exist, and the power he possessed could not save Torina, or even touch her.

But...if it was just a dream, he had it too.

A dream of billions of radiant lights that reflects the fiery soul of the white consciousness and aims to illuminate the border.

Even though he couldn't touch her, Bai Shi still chose to put his forehead close to Tolina's, trying to bring their souls a little closer.

Torina is the half of 'Love'.

Abandoned 'love', 'love' that is no longer needed.

If she is not loved by anyone, then she has no reason to live now.

If no one is willing to love her even if she is about to die, then Bai Shi is willing to love her in order to save her.

Even just kindness towards my people should be enough to make a minimal change to this nightmare.

The Sun King will never be stingy with his kindness to those who need saving.

Bai Shi also closed his eyes, using the dreams in his heart to shake this dark and solidified nightmare.

If he had a part in this dream, then he should be able to do it...

No, it must be done.

He had decided to save Torina.

At the bottom of the dream, there was silence in pure darkness.

However, noisy and chaotic sounds gradually rang in Bai Shi's ears, as if countless negative emotions were enveloping him.

——There are so many people at the border, you can’t save them all, and no one cares about those tiny lives.

——Torina is the other half of Michaela and should be your enemy. Why should you save her?
——Give up, there is no need to give for others.

Bai Shi faced the negative emotions that filled his ears with a calm expression and no wavering in his heart.

Baizhi could feel that his soul was bursting with light and heat as exciting as a heartbeat.

In the dream, all interests and reasons are unimportant, he only needs to give answers from the soul.

"There's no way to save them all, so there's no need to reach out and save them?"

"Besides, this is not meaningless, nor is it something that no one cares about."

“Everyone who longs to be saved cares about this salvation.”

"And more importantly - I care, so I will save it."

There is no need for any reason, because white consciousness is destined to turn into the sun.

The sun needs no reason to shine.

When Bai Shi has the ability to save everyone, he will not let go of anyone.

When he doesn't have the ability to save everyone, he will make himself able to save everyone.

Bai Shi did not hesitate at all because he firmly believed that he was on the right path.

As Bai Shi gave his answer, the chaotic and noisy words were immediately swept away.

Perhaps those doubts and confusions did not come from Tolina's dream, but from Bai Shi's own dream.

He and Torina were having the same dream, so naturally he had half of it.

Like the last sea breeze at dusk carrying the scent of sea salt, the long-lasting whale song spreads, sweeping away all the distracting thoughts that bind oneself in vain.

Bai Shi's soul was emitting a dazzling light at this moment, but it was not blinding, but rather extremely soft.

The gentle sunlight shines on the seabed where it should not have appeared.

This is a miracle that can only be evoked in the deepest dreams and by the most ardent souls. In the darkness, the bubbles that represented Torina's complex emotions slowly melted away, and her body regained its color.

At the same time, Bai Shi felt a cold and delicate touch on his forehead.

The soft long hair floated casually around Bai Shi, caressing his face like seaweed, making him smile while feeling a tingling sensation.

Bai Shi opened his eyes and looked at Torina who was right in front of him.

That absolutely beautiful and gorgeous face appeared clearly before his eyes again, with their foreheads pressed against each other.

The sadness frozen in her eyes and brows was what made Bai Shizhi hold his breath the most.

It was a divine expression eternally frozen in the moment of being about to cry but not yet crying, with the holiness and remoteness of a marble sculpture, as well as the fragility of a newborn fawn touching the morning mist.

At this moment, under the gentle caress of the sunshine, the sadness between his brows was finally wiped away.

Tolina's body was extremely cold and completely hypothermic, as if it was about to merge completely with the dark seabed.

But this situation is a thing of the past. Things began to change when Bai Shi was able to touch Torina's body.

As the dream of white consciousness shook the darkness, the warmth of the sun was transmitted to Torina's body.

This time, Bai Shi really grabbed Tolina, and the sinking trend stopped completely.

The curled up body gradually regained its temperature and softness, and was embraced in Bai Shi's arms, rising towards the surface of the sea.

But it seemed that there was no need for Bai Shi to bring her to the surface of the sea.

Because someone held her hand, the illusory dream slowly melted away.
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The next moment, the scene in front of Bai Shi changed again.

Under the soft and bright sunshine, the deep purple flowers bloomed beautifully, creating a sacred velvet garden.

The dreams of the two people are completely intertwined, holy and beautiful.

Bai Shi lowered his head and looked at Tolina in his arms.

I saw that the other person's sleeping face was extremely peaceful, his small nose like a jade carving was slightly moving, and his breathing was extremely gentle.

There was a faint smile on Torina's lips, as if she was having a sweet dream.

Seeing that Tolina was so calm, Bai Shi finally felt relieved.

It seems that the person has been rescued.

Moreover, the dream has stabilized and I won’t encounter strange scenes like the one just now.

After the most important matter at hand was resolved, Bai Shi finally noticed the two bodies pressed closely together.

In an emergency situation of saving lives, no one would have any other thoughts.

So it was not until this moment that Bai Shi finally saw clearly this extremely charming body.

Tolina's face was exactly the same as what Baizhi saw outside the dream.

Perhaps it was due to some of Michaela's innate charm, but Torina's face was extremely beautiful, as if it could charm everyone.

Bai Shi's eyes looked down along the slender neck and shoulders like a lily with dew hanging from its lip. The white skin was glowing with a warm luster, and the plump and round body was like a sculptor's most proud ivory work.

However, this body does not make people feel blood boiling, but instead is full of holiness.

Born from the purest blood of a single god, every curve is in line with the rhythm of life and is sacred in its own right.

This body is a miracle that countless believers admire but dare not touch. It is the only remaining original beauty of life after all worldly desires have faded away, and it is so holy that it is untouchable.

At this moment, Tolina was lying naked and defenseless in Bai Shi's arms.

Bai Shi was not tempted by this body and did not have any inappropriate thoughts.

On the one hand, this body is so sacred that it cannot be desecrated. On the other hand, Bai Shi is merely appreciating the body as a work of art.

But for some reason, once Bai Shi realized that this was Torina's body, he felt that it didn't seem to match her.

At this moment, in Bai Shi's eyes, Tolina felt that her soul and body were not in harmony.

The feeling that Torina gave Bai Shi was the purity of a saint girl.

However, the posture of this body at this moment is inexplicably too mature.

Even though both are equally sacred and inviolable, the two sacrednesses are clearly separated by a boundary.

Looking at Torina's figure again, Bai Shi quickly realized something and frowned slightly.

In the past, Torina should have been in the form of a young girl.

It was as if Michaela could never grow up, and the two people who were each other's halves should always appear childish.

That's why Bai Shi had felt that there was a sense of disharmony between Tolina's temperament and body.

Because she herself has not had time to adapt to this drastic change.

After being abandoned, Tolina was somehow no longer bound by the innate bondage of being forever young.

The body that was unable to grow like Michaela's also grew and became the mature body it should have been.

In the outside world, only the remaining part of the body had changed, but what was presented to Bai Shi in the dream world at this moment was what it should look like after growing up.

But for Tolina, such maturity is not a good thing.

When her stagnant body began to grow again, she had become a rootless tree that had lost both her body and her strength.

Being abandoned by half of her body, the cost of growth has to be borne by her alone.

The demigod's almost immortal lifespan flew away in an instant. She had already gone through most of her life and was almost at the end of it.

In the outside world, the dark purple flower that Tolina parasitized was the best proof.

After blooming, it has fallen into decline and is almost about to wither and fade away.

Bai Shi believed that the state of the flower must also reflect Torina's state.
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Just as Bai Shi was thinking, the lavender eyelashes of Tolina in his arms trembled, and her sleepy eyes slowly opened.

Their eyes met inadvertently, and Tolina looked at Bai Shi deeply.

She had a very long dream.

She was trapped in that dream... no, she locked herself in the dream as if to escape.

Dreams can help people escape from the unbearable reality.

No matter how corrupted it is, as long as it is in that eternal sleep, it can be immersed in happiness.

But Torina was touched by Bai Shi's words.

The sweet nectar brewed from the complex emotions buried deep in her heart eventually inadvertently allowed Bai Shi to enter her dreams.

In the midst of darkness and despair, he brought light and told her that there was still love and hope in the world.

It seemed that he was the only one willing to give her the love she needed most.

Just a little is enough.

As an abandoned 'love', she only needs a little love to continue living in this world.

Tolina stared into Bai Shi's eyes, lost in thought.

She herself was but a fleeting dream, but now, through the eyes of white consciousness, she saw another dream.

A world illuminated by the sun, where all life is truly equal and harmonious.

Even her half, Mikaela, could not depict such a beautiful world, even in a dream.

Growing up on the border, they cannot imagine what a truly beautiful and peaceful world would be like.

Finally, Tolina staggered out of Bai Shi's arms, and the petals in the garden turned into clothes to cover her body.

"Thanks you……"

(End of this chapter)